Release-rigging bracket.



G. G. GILPIN. RELEASE RIGG'ING BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, I916.

A TTOH/VEYS Patented July 10, 1917.

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GARTH GRIFFITH GILPIN, OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 WALTER P. MURPHY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RELEASE-RIGGING BRACKET.

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(Original application filed December 17, 1915, Serial No. 67,403.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1916'. Serial no. 109,244.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GARTH GRIFFITH GIL- PIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riverside, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Release-Rigging Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a release rigging, that is, to an apparatus for manipulating the locking pin of a car coupler, and the object of the invention is to provide an improved bracket for supporting the operating rod of such apparatus.

In certain types of release riggings employing a revoluble crank rod for lifting the release rigging by mlschlevous persons or by locking pin it is necessary, in order to disengage the release rigging from the coupler, when the coupler is to be repaired, for example, to remove the operating rod from the car.

My invention provides a bracket so con structed that it is possible to take the operating rod therefrom and replace the same therein very quickly and conveniently without removing any part of the bracket from the car. The non-removability of the parts of the bracket is a desirable feature of the invention as there is always likelihood, where bolts, cotter pins or other removable parts are used in a release rigging, that such parts will become lost or mislaid when the release rigging is removed from the car, or that they may be deliberately abstracted from the bracket, thus incapacitating the a repair man or some member of the train crew when such device or part is needed elsewhere. In its preferred form the bracket of my invention is a unitary structure which is removable from the car only as a whole.

The invention is illustrated, in such preferred embodiment, in the accompanying drawing wherein- Figure 1 is a fragmentary view, in per spective, of the end of a railway car and coupler showing a release rigging, comprising a bracket constructed in accordance wlth my invention applied to the car.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bracket and part of the operating rod of the release rigging, and

Fig. 3 is a similar vie-w showing the movable element of the bracket structure in position which it assumes when the rod is to be removed from or replaced in the bracket.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates the end sill of a railway car, 11 the dead wood and 12 the coupler provided with a locking pin 13 having an eye 14.

The release rigging consists of an operating rod A, supporting devices B and C, and a link D connecting crank 15 of the operating rod with the eye 14 of the looking pin. The operating rod is shown as formed with a handle 16.

The construction of supporting device B is shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 3. It consists of a bracket 17 and removable closure device 18. The bracket is formed with an upper, outwardly projecting flange l9 and a lower, channel-shaped flange 20. The closure member 18, which is designed to close the space between projections 19 and 20 of the bracket, is formed with a channelshaped member 21 providing a bearing for operating rod A, this part of the closure element being formed to fit into the channelshaped projection 20 on the bracket. The closure element terminates at its upper end in a preferably round stem 22 which passes through an opening 23 in projecting flange 19. After the parts of the bracket have been assembled the upper end 24- of stem 22 is preferably bent over so that the closure element is permanently connected with the bracket.

The supporting device C may be the same in its construction as supporting device B just described. Preferably, however, it is formed at its outer vertical edge with an outstanding projection 25 against which the end of the operating rod A bears so that the rod is held in proper position on the car. To remove the rod from the bracket it is lifted so as to free the closure devices which may then be raised until they are free from the channel-shaped flanges of the bracket upon which they may be turned to the position shown in Fig. 3, permitting the operating rod to be removed from the brackets. The link D has a slidable engagement with the crank 15 of the operating rod, be ing formed with an elongated loop 26 which extends over the rod and is held thereon by the retaining casting 27 which is secured to the end of the rod. The link D terminates at its lower end in a spiral. hook 28 which passes through the eye 14 of the locking pin.

The invention herein claimed relating to the bracket 7201" 86 is not to be considered as limited to the details of construction of the operating rod and its connection with the locking pin which might be varied without affecting the function of the bracket. \Vhen the operating rod has been removed from the car it may be turned so as to free hook 28 from the locking pin.

This application is a division of my co pending application Serial No. 67,403, filed December 17 1915, in which the release rigging disclosed in both applications is claimed as an entirely. I do not claim in this application any of the novel features of the release rigging shown except the construction of the brackets or supporting de vices for the operating rod.

I claim:

1. A device for supporting the operating rod of a coupler pin release rigging comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a car and provided with projecting members one above the other, and a closure element for closing the opening between said projecting members which is slidably engaged with said upper projecting member and is provided with an inturned projecting part on which the rod bears in its operative position.

2. A device for supporting the operating rod of a coupler pin release rigging comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a car and provided with projecting members one above the other, and a closure element for closing the opening between said projecting members which is slidably engaged with said upper projecting member, the lower projecting member being formed at its outer edge with an upturned lip to provide a seat for said closure element when in operative position.

3. A device for supporting the operating rod of a coupler pin release rigging comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a car and provided with projecting members one above the other, and a closure element for closing the opening between said projecting members which is slidably engaged with said upper projecting member and is provided with an inturned projecting part on which the rod bears in its operative position, the lower projecting member being formed at its outer edge with an upturned lip.

4. A device for supporting the operating rod of a coupler pin release rigging comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a car and provided with projecting members one above the other, the upper of which is formed with a perforation, and a closure element for closing the opening between said projecting members having a stem passing slidably and revolubly through the perforation in the upper projecting member of the bracket.

5. A devicefor supporting the operating rod of a coupler pin release rigging comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a car and provided with projecting members one above the other, the upper of which is formed with a perforation, and a closure element for closing the opening between said projecting members having a stem passing slidably and revolubly through the perforation in the upper projecting member of the bracket, the upper end of said stem being bent overto provide a permanent connection between the bracket and closure element and the lower end of said element being formed with a projection adapted to be seated upon the lower projection of said bracket when said element is in its closing position. r

6. A device for supporting the operating rod of a coupler pin release rigging comprising a bracket adapted to be attached o.

a car and provided with a lower channel- V shaped projection and a projection above the same, and a closure element to close the opening between said projections which is slidably engaged with, the upper projection and has a channel-shaped part providing a bearing for the operating rod which fits into the channel-shaped projection of the bracket.

7 A device for supporting the operating rod of a coupler pin release rigging comprising a bracket adapted to be attached or 8. A device for supporting the operating rod of a coupler pin release rigging comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a car and provided with a lower channelshaped projection and a projection above the same formed with a perforation, and a closure element to close the opening between said projections which has a stem passing slidably and revolubly through the perforation in the upper projection and has a channel-shaped part providing a bearing for the operating rod which fits into the channel-shaped projection on the bracket, the upper end of said stem being oif-set to permanently engage the'closure element with the bracket.

9. A device for supporting the operating rod of a coupler pin release rigging comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a car and provided with a lower channel-shaped projection and a projection above the same formed with a perforation, a closure element to close the opening between said projections which has a stem passing slidably and revolubly through the perforation in the upper projection and has a channel-shaped part providing a bearing for the operating rod which fits into the channelshaped projection on the bracket, the upper end of said stem being off-set to permanently engage the closure element with the bracket, and an outward projection at one of the vertical edges of the bracket adapted to form a bearing for the handle end of the operating rod.

GARTH GRIFFITH GILPIN.

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